Prayers in public?

12:55 PM,
Nov. 5, 2013

Written by

Tom Krattenmaker

For the first time in a generation, the Supreme Court is revisiting an issue that has divided, confused and angered Americans for many decades: What's in and what's out when it comes to prayer at government meetings?

The justices will hear arguments today in a case from Greece, N.Y., where, according to plaintiffs, the prayers before City Council meetings are so overwhelmingly Christian that the city government has essentially "affiliated" with Christianity, and has thus violated constitutional prohibitions against government favoring one religion over others.